﻿736 86a. lkptochilus. § 1. poecilopteris. 



♦ (5) li. decurreiliS, BL, Enum., 206; Acroslichum variabile, Hk., 

 Hk. Bk., Syn. Fil., 417 (excl. var.); A. variabile, Hk., var. decurrem, Rac, 

 Flor. Btz., I, 49 ; Gymnopleris variabilis, Bedd , Handb. Ind. Ferns, 429 ; 

 Ferns Br.I., II, tab. CCLXXII ; G. decurrens, Moore (not Hk.), Hk., Gard. Ferns, 

 tab. VI; — var. rasamalae, Rac, 1. c, 50. 



Rhizome wide-creeping, the scales linear-lanceolate. Stipes */2 — ^ c.M. 

 apart, — 10 c.M. long. Sterile fronds ovate-oblong or spathulate, 15 — 45 

 c.M. long, 4 — 10 c.M. broad, acute or acuminate, the edge entire, the base 

 cuneate or rounded, decurrent on the stipe. Texture papyraceous or herba- 

 ceous; surfaces naked; midrib prominent; main veins distinct, straight or 

 zigzag, reaching nearly to the edge ; areolae w^ith free veinlets. Fertile fronds 

 linear or linear-lanceolate, 15 — 50 c.M. long, 2—7 m.M. broad, on stipes to 

 30 c.M. long. 



Tar. rasamalae: Barren fronds 40—80 c.M. long, the apex acu- 

 minate; fertile fronds lanceolate, to 3 c.M. broad, long-stalked. 



Trap. Asia; — var. rasamalae: Java. 



* (4) JL. trificTiis, V. A. V. K., Bull. D(?p. Agr. I. N., i908, XVIII, 

 26. 



Rhizome creeping. Stipes approximate, + 10 — 20 c.M. long, those of 

 the fertile fronds the longest, densely clothed with lanceolate-subulate, short, 

 crisped, brown scales, at length less scaly. Fronds simple, lanceolate or 

 more commonly 3-fid with the lateral lobes similar to the central one but 

 shorter. Simple fronds ± 25 c.M. long, + 7 c.M. broad, the apex rather sud- 

 denly acuminate, the edge irregularly wavy, the base suddenly narrowed and 

 then short-decurrent. Central lobe of the 3-fid fronds similar to the simple 

 fronds, but joined at the base with the lateral segments, which have the lower 

 base suddenly short-decurrent upon the stipe. Texture herbaceous; surfaces 

 naked; costae + scaly beneath, but more distinctly towards the base; main 

 veins conspicuous, nearly straight to the edge, united by strongly arching 

 transversing veins forming ± 6— 7 distinct primary areolae on each side of 

 the costae, divided into finer secondary ones with free veinlets. Fertile fronds 

 quite similar to the barren ones but much smaller, the central lobe ± 8 

 c.M. long, ± 2 c.M. broad, the lateral lobes smaller. — The description is 

 taken from specimens cultivated in the Buitenzorg gardens an probably gather- 

 ed in one of the malayan islands. Near L. Harlandii, C. Chr. (= Gymuop- 

 leris decurrens, Hk., Fil. Exot., tab. XCIV). 



? Malayan. 



